Unit 2 the United Kingdom learning about language课时作业

Ⅰ. 单句填空

1. The boss praised the young man for his hard work, though he was　　　(lack)in experience.

2. China is a developing country　　　(belong)to the Third World.

3. On AIDS Day, the Health Minister demanded that the problems　　　(refer)to be paid special attention to.

4. -Guess what!We' ve got our visas for a short-term visit to the UK this summer.

-How nice!You 　　　(experience)a different culture then.

5. (2013江西, 25)　　　when he apologizes for his rudeness will I speak to him again.

6. He　　　(adjust)the colour on the TV by turning the button.

7. I lost my wallet the other day. Otherwise, I would　　　(buy)that T-shirt.

8. With Father' s Day around the corner, I have taken some money out of the bank 　　　(buy)presents for my dad.

9. The ancient City of Loulan is not at all　　　a traveler who has never seen the desert before can imagine.

10. Ladies and gentlemen, please fasten your seat belts. The plane　　　(take)off.

11. I felt greatly honored　　　(welcome)when I attended my friend' s birthday party.

12. She was tired and wanted to find a bench to sit on for a while, but they were all taken　　　.

13. The Greens' house has been broken into three times in the last two years, each　　　(result)in their great loss.

14. Tom' s interests include basketball, bowling and surfing the Web as well as　　　(study)his favorite subjects.

15. 　　　they known what was coming next, they might have had second thoughts.

Ⅱ. 阅读理解

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　　More than 100 horses and riders leaped the flames of roaring bonfires Thursday in a small Spanish town in a centuries-old festival that has raised the anger of animal rights activists.

　　Smoke and flames filled the night in San Bartolome de Pinares, a central Spanish town of some 600 inhabitants, in the annual festival held Thursday, the eve of Saint Anthony' s Day for the patron saint(守护神)of animals. One by one, horses and their riders jumped the flames in the narrow, paved streets of the town.

　　"No one knows how old the tradition is. My grandfather told me that his great-grandfather took part, "said 34-year-old Diego Martin. "They say it could be 300 or 400 years old. "

The town is fiercely attached to the festival, despite opposition from animal rights groups concerned about the safety of the horses. Just a few days earlier, Spain' s National Association for the Welfare of Animals asked the town' s people not to let their horses leap over the fires, apparently in vain.